Chapter 777: Reluctant to let go of the child but unable to trap the wolf (first update)
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Chapter 777: Reluctant to let go of the child but unable to trap the wolf (first update)
In Huang Yu's counter-mopping plan, those extra field artillery and heavy artillery were the trump card for the Eighth Route Army to defeat Okamura Neiji. Only when they were exposed when needed most could they achieve a fatal blow, and they could be hidden to a certain extent.
Okamura Neiji was completely unaware of this situation, and even mistakenly believed that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army did not capture much equipment and ammunition in Baoding.
Know yourself and the enemy and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Before the big sweep even started, Okamura Neji had problems with his understanding of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army. It was destined that the big sweep would not be as smooth as he imagined.
The commander of the Kwantung Army Division was very disappointed.
Without the Eighth Route Army in the city, he could not save face by attacking Baoding City and avenge his previous humiliation.
But this kind of thing is not something he can decide.
God didn't give him a chance. No matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to accept it.
Immediately, he asked Neji of Gangmura: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Now that the engineers have cleared the city of mines, can we enter the city?"
"After all, Baoding is an important military town with complete fortifications. The troops are stationed in the city and rely on the city's fortifications to hold on. No matter how cunning the Eighth Route Army is, they can't sneak attack us like they did last night!"
"The troops traveled all night last night and were constantly attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Every soldier is nervous, very tired, and in urgent need of rest...Give me the order..."
Okamura Neji felt a little uneasy in his heart. He always felt that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army could not return Baoding to him so easily, and there must be some back-up plan that he didn't know about.
But the forward troops had already searched the city to confirm that there was indeed no Eighth Route Army in the city.
Even the mines they had buried in the city had been dug out. Apart from tunnels, he could not imagine what other means the Eighth Route Army had to deal with him.
However, the Eighth Route Army only occupied Baoding for two days, and no matter how fast it went, it could not build large-scale tunnels in the city.
Besides, although the Yizhong Eighth Route Army captured Baoding and wiped out all the Baoding garrison, it did not eliminate the imperial agents and intelligence personnel hidden in the city.
Apart from the removal of some loot, there were no signs of tunneling in the city.
This judgment can also be overturned.
After such an analysis, Okamura Neji racked his brains and couldn't think of any backup options that the Eighth Route Army might have left behind.
Shaking his head, he ordered decisively: "Baoding is so big. We have more than 20,000 troops, as well as a large number of heavy artillery and tanks. It is definitely unrealistic to all enter the city!"
"Deploy four reinforcement brigades into the city, and station one reinforcement brigade in each of the four military camps in the city."
"Deploy another field artillery brigade and an infantry brigade as reserve teams to protect the safety of the headquarters."
"Other troops camped outside the city against the city wall."
"Put the guard post further away, and deploy an artillery brigade to be on standby. If the Eighth Route Army is discovered, use mortars to bombard it."
"Send out field artillery when the mortars can't reach us. We must not let the Eighth Route Army who want to sneak attack us get close to Baoding City."
"You take the division headquarters with me into the city and serve as my deputy for the time being."
"When the third wave of the Kwantung Army southward is in place, we will raid the Eighth Route Army's base area in the wing together to avenge our shame!"
The last two words of Neji Okamura were addressed to the division commander. After hearing this, the division commander smiled and accepted the order.
As the commander of a division with a large number of troops, when he was stationed in the Northeast, even if there was a war, it would be the commander and group captain below who would take command, and it would not be his turn as the powerful division commander.
In the past year, he has hardly experienced the brutal battle last night.
After finally arriving in a big city like Baoding, you must take the time to relax and calm down your tense nerves.
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In a ravine nearly five kilometers away from Baoding, Huang Yu was pacing back and forth at a simple headquarters made of a few tree trunks, feeling nervous and anxious.
Although the gift he prepared for Neji Okamura was disguised, that old devil Neji Okamura was too cunning. As long as he was cautious enough, no amount of disguise would be of any use.
Now I just hope that he will be confused by some superficial attacks and ignore the real gift he has prepared.
"Captain... some news has come back..." Chief of Staff Wang Lin rushed into the headquarters and reported while panting.
"Report from the following special forces team..."
"Ningji Okamura sent a brigade to the city one after another to search... and also sent a large number of engineers to the city to clear mines..."
"It seems that of the hundreds of mines we left in the city, we only hid less than ten of them!"
Speaking of this, Wang Lin couldn't help but flash a heartbroken expression on his face.
Hundreds of standard mines were just wasted by the Japanese.
If this was used to sneak attack the Japs on the guerrilla warfare battlefield, it would be no problem to kill every Jaap with one thunderbolt.
Huang Yu shook his head and replied seriously: "I can't bear to let the children trap the wolf... Only by letting the Japanese clear a sufficient number of mines will they believe that there is no danger in Baoding City and enter the city with confidence."
"Otherwise, Okamura Neji will definitely step forward for the great gift we have been preparing for."
Wang Lin understands the truth, but if hundreds of landmines disappear like this, anyone will feel a little uncomfortable.
But when I thought about the big gift prepared by the regiment leader for the Japanese, I felt much better, and I immediately asked: "How about I contact the team members inside the city and ask if the Japanese have found the big gift we prepared."
Huang Yu shook his head without hesitation: "You can't send a telegram..."
"The more than 20,000 Kwantung Army troops brought by Neji Okamura are not vegetarians. Any negligence may bring disaster to the lurking personnel."
"We made an agreement with the lurking members before the troops evacuated."
"If the Japs discover Dali in advance, they will launch an attack in advance. Each Japs can be killed one by one."
"But we haven't heard any explosions now, which means the gift hasn't been exposed yet."
"The more critical the situation is, the more calm you must be."
"Captain..."
Duan Peng, captain of the special forces team, rushed over with a smile on his face. He was obviously very excited because he had encountered something good.
Before he could stand still, he hurriedly reported: "The Kwantung Army has entered the city..."
"Four strengthening brigades, one infantry brigade, one field artillery brigade, two headquarters..."
"They marched into Baoding in a hurry without any vigilance."
"There are more than 10,000 little Japs left camping outside the city along the city wall."
"In order to prevent us from launching another night attack at close range, their guard posts and patrols were placed two kilometers outside the city."
"Every Japanese soldier carries a flare gun."
"After being attacked, fire a signal flare to guide the artillery to bombard our sneak attack troops!"
Huang Yu smiled and said happily: "We won't have a sneak attack tonight..."
"The troops have prepared a great gift for Neji Okamura. The little results brought by the sneak attack are not enough to fill the teeth of the comrades..."
"Let comrades have a good rest tonight. There will be no combat missions."
"After giving the big gift to Neji Okamura, we will return to the base area, where we will continue to deal with the little devils, and we will take revenge and complain..."
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